Tag Archives: GM visit

KE: Forgotten Posts – GM Dimitri Reinderman Visits Kabete Cares Chess Club

Posted on 5 November 2011

On a slightly chilly Wednesday afternoon in July 2011 – the 27th to be precise – four of us got into a blue Opel Astra and drove 12 kilometres west to the settlement of King’eero in Lower Kabete, Kiambu District. … Continue reading →

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Interview: GM Dimitri Reinderman on His Kenyan ‘Chess Safari’

Posted on 12 August 2011

A week after his Kenyan ‘chess safari’, and enough of a resting period, I decided to catch up with a very witty Dimitri Reinderman for an interview with Chess Events EAC. It is only fitting that we publish it on … Continue reading →

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KE: GM Dimitri v/s Ben Nguku – A Visual Report from the Blindfold Exhibition

Posted on 7 August 2011

A day after GM Dimitri’s gruelling 6-hour simultaneous exhibition against 35 Kenyan players, a spectacle of a more implausible kind unfolded at the Jacaranda Hotel. I use the word ‘implausible’ because till date, I have not been able to understand … Continue reading →

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KE: GM Dimitri v/s Kenya – A Visual Report from the Simultaneous Exhibition on 23rd July 2011

Posted on 30 July 2011

Last Saturday, 23rd July 2011, Dutch GM Dimitri Reinderman took on 35 Kenyans in a simultaneous exhibition at Hotel Jacaranda as part of his 7-day ‘chess clinic’. As is normal at Kenyan chess events, the ‘simul’ (what a simultaneous exhibition … Continue reading →

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KE: First Glimpses of GM Dimitri Reinderman

Posted on 24 July 2011

The sun’s rays had just dipped beyond the Third Parklands corner where matatus practise turns without warning. A mug of hot herbal tea lay snug next to the handbrake. I drove cautiously to the ape’s abode worried that the drops … Continue reading →

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KE: Nairobi Chess Club to Host Dutch GM Dimitri Reinderman

Posted on 21 July 2011

(Press release courtesy of Nairobi Chess Club) Kenyan chess will get a much needed boost when one of the world’s top trainers, Grand Master (GM) Dmitri Reinderman of Holland, jets into the country later today, Thursday, 21st July, to conduct … Continue reading →

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KE: Planning for GM Reinderman’s Chess Safari – A Gorillarised Account of the Meeting

Posted on 23 June 2011

By Mehul ‘Gorilla’ Gohil (From a meeting held in May 2011 at Dormans, Sarit Center) Nikolai Van Beek, Kim Bhari and I were surrounded by the smell of strong Solai coffee. Vapour rose from our cups like anti-Nimzovichian cigar smoke … Continue reading →

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